2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
# 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, at Moncton Stadium on 23 and 25 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Jonathan Ndiku Kenya |
| - | - |
| Silver | Albert Kiptoo Yator Kenya |
| Bronze | Jacob Araptany Uganda |

## Results

### Final

25 July

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Jonathan Ndiku | Kenya | 8:23.48 |
| | Albert Kiptoo Yator | Kenya | 8:33.55 |
| | Jacob Araptany | Uganda | 8:37.02 |
| 4 | Abdelaziz Merzougui | Spain | 8:40.08 |
| 5 | Desta Alemu | Ethiopia | 8:44.07 |
| 6 | François Marzetta | Italy | 8:52.10 |
| 7 | Tanguy Pepiot | France | 8:52.46 |
| 8 | Afewerk Mesfin | Ethiopia | 8:54.84 |
| 9 | Romain Collenot-Spiret | France | 8:56.40 |
| 10 | Jared Berman | United States | 8:57.53 |
| 11 | Martin Grau | Germany | 9:00.56 |
| 12 | Kosei Yamaguchi | Japan | 9:00.87 |

### Heats

23 July

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Albert Kiptoo Yator | Kenya | 8:40.92 | Q |
| 2 | Kosei Yamaguchi | Japan | 8:49.74 | Q |
| 3 | Abdelaziz Merzougui | Spain | 8:53.96 | Q |
| 4 | Romain Collenot-Spiret | France | 8:54.50 | Q |
| 5 | Martin Grau | Germany | 8:55.15 | q |
| 6 | Afewerk Mesfin | Ethiopia | 8:55.77 | q |
| 7 | Erwin Leysen | Belgium | 8:55.96 | |
| 8 | Isaac Kemboi Chelimo | Bahrain | 9:00.38 | |
| 9 | Mohamed Zeghba | Algeria | 9:00.92 | |
| 10 | Mattias Wolter | Canada | 9:04.44 | |
| 11 | Giuseppe Gerratana | Italy | 9:06.62 | |
| 12 | Taha Gourrida | Tunisia | 9:10.66 | |
| 13 | Il'gizar Safiulin | Russia | 9:15.35 | |
| 14 | Kaur Kivistik | Estonia | 9:16.87 | |
| 15 | Dakota Peachee | United States | 9:27.68 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jacob Araptany | Uganda | 8:28.14 | Q |
| 2 | Jonathan Ndiku | Kenya | 8:28.23 | Q |
| 3 | Desta Alemu | Ethiopia | 8:38.04 | Q |
| 4 | Tanguy Pepiot | France | 8:49.38 | Q |
| 5 | François Marzetta | Italy | 8:51.43 | q |
| 6 | Jared Berman | United States | 8:55.33 | q |
| 7 | Emin Tan | Turkey | 8:56.86 | |
| 8 | Matthew Graham | United Kingdom | 9:09.36 | |
| 9 | Daniel Arce | Spain | 9:10.82 | |
| 10 | Issam Bouchache | Algeria | 9:11.34 | |
| 11 | Ryan Cassidy | Canada | 9:11.70 | |
| 12 | Jonas Legernes | Sweden | 9:13.23 | |
| 13 | Stephan Abisch | Germany | 9:18.75 | |
| 14 | Emmet Jennings | Ireland | 9:20.70 | |
| 15 | Yuriy Kishchenko | Ukraine | 9:32.95 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.

* Algeria (2)
* Bahrain (1)
* Belgium (1)
* Canada (2)
* Estonia (1)
* Ethiopia (2)
* France (2)
* Germany (2)
* Ireland (1)
* Italy (2)
* Japan (1)
* Kenya (2)
* Russia (1)
* Spain (2)
* Sweden (1)
* Tunisia (1)
* Turkey (1)
* Uganda (1)
* Ukraine (1)
* United Kingdom (1)
* United States (2)
